Tornado girls earn first win of year

Wednesday

Sep 21, 2016 at 2:00 AM

North Medford girls soccer coach Jeff Thomas is more concerned with the process than necessarily winning games early in the season.

The Black Tornado executed its system effectively to Thomas’ delight in a Southwest Conference game against South Eugene and registered its first victory of the season, 2-0, at Hoffbuhr Field on Tuesday .

“We have a complicated system,” said Thomas, “and we’re trying to build and play properly. We’re confident we’ll be there at the end of the season.”

Savannah Bumgardner got North (1-3-2, 1-1-1 SWC) on the board at the 36th minute off an assist from Sage Travis.

Almost midway through the second period, freshman Jaida Ross cleaned up a rebound off her shot and scored to give the Black Tornado a 2-0 lead.

North junior Rylee Karrick was active from the back line.

“(Karrick) was getting up into the attack and created a lot of opportunities for us,” said Thomas. “She put a lot of stress on their defense.”